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Holocaust Museum Rebukes Walz Over Anne Frank Remark as Homan Pledges Targeted ICE Operations

A formal rebuke from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum heightens scrutiny of rhetoric surrounding Minneapolis enforcement actions.

Overview

  • Tom Homan said federal agents in MinneapolisSt. Paul will pivot to more targeted operations and could scale back the roughly 3,000-strong deployment if state and local officials cooperate.
  • New internal ICE guidance instructs officers to avoid unnecessary engagement with perceived agitators and to focus arrests on people with criminal charges or convictions rather than broad street stops.
  • The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum criticized Gov. Tim Walz’s Anne Frank comparison as a false equivalency, calling such invocations of the Holocaust for political purposes never acceptable.
  • DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin condemned Rep. Seth Moulton’s defense of Nazi comparisons as gross and claimed such rhetoric is fueling a sharp rise in assaults on ICE personnel, citing a 1,300% increase.
  • Two recent agent-involved fatalities in Minneapolis—Renee Good and Alex Pretti—have intensified protests and political scrutiny of federal enforcement tactics in the Twin Cities.